Hillsborough Theme Overview

A WordPress theme is a collection of files that work together to help you control the look and presentation of the material on your website. Themes give you global control over navigation, page layouts, fonts, HTML elements, colors, image display and more.

Hillsborough is a multi-purpose WordPress theme designed exclusively for NC State by OIT Design. It is freely available to any campus unit through our hosted WordPress and free blog environments. Hillsborough was specifically designed to meet university brand and accessibility guidelines and can be easily installed from the dashboard of your WordPress site.

Installation and Theme Options

NC State Branding

Using the Hillsborough Theme will ensure that the page layouts, color palette and typefaces on your site comply with the university brand requirements. While you are ultimately responsible for the voice, tone, imagery, and other content-focused brand requirements, you shouldn’t need to make any modifications to your theme in order to meet brand guidelines.

Accessibility

Hillsborough has been evaluated using WAVE, aXe, and Tenon, and has been reviewed by NC State’s IT Accessibility Coordinator. To keep your content accessible, consider using a WordPress accessibility plugin like wA11y to perform regular checks as part of your routine.